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11 February 2016

LIGO/VIRGO announcement:

Observation of Gravitational Waves

On February 11th, 2016 a press release has been issued by the joint LIGO and VIRGO collaborations, announcing the first direct observation of gravitational waves. Simultaneous press conferences were organized in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and in Washington D.C.

CERN Courier: Picture from a Lab session at the Oxford School

Podcast: In Our Time – Cosmic Rays

​You may be interested in the week’s edition of the BBC radio programme “In Our Time“, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, which deals with the topic of Cosmic Rays. From the BBC iPlayer site: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays. In 1912 the physicist Victor Hess discovered that the Earth is under constant bombardment […] BBC Radio 4 Broadcast with Tim . Greenshaw, Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool, 16 May 2013Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays. In 1912 the physicist Victor Hess discovered that the Earth is under constant bombardment from radiation coming from outside our atmosphere. These so-called cosmic rays have been known to cause damage to satellites and electronic devices on Earth, but most are absorbed by our atmosphere. The study of cosmic rays and their effects has led to major breakthroughs in particle physics. But today physicists are still trying to establish where these highly energetic subatomic particles come from.

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The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013/ under REA grant agreement n [317446] INFIERI ”INtelligent Fast Interconnected and Efficient Devices for Frontier Exploitation in Research and Industry”